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This section looks at the demand for Firewall skills within the Preston region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Firewall over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFirewall
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4532
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching permanent IT job ads511
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.005 %
As % of the category below11.90 %14.86 %
Salaries quoted510
Average minimum salary£21,800£32,600
Average salary£23,600£34,300
% change on same period last year-31.19 %
Average maximum salary£25,400£36,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,035£37,297
% change on same period last year-3.38 %
Preston IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Preston
Matching permanent IT job ads4274
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.031 %
Salaries quoted3858
Average minimum salary£24,210£31,300
Average salary£26,968£32,306
% change on same period last year-16.52 %
Average maximum salary£29,726£33,312
UK excluding London average salary£37,579£39,546
% change on same period last year-4.97 %
Firewall LancashireFirewall
Lancashire

Firewall
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Firewall across the Preston region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Preston Firewall Demand Trend

Firewall
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Firewall across the Preston region.

Preston Firewall Salary Trend

Firewall
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Firewall across the Preston region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Preston Firewall Salary Histogram

Firewall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Preston region citing Firewall also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Firewall.

18 (80.00 %)Windows
26 (60.00 %)TCP/IP
26 (60.00 %)Microsoft
26 (60.00 %)Active Directory
35 (50.00 %)Avaya
44 (40.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
44 (40.00 %)DNS
44 (40.00 %)MS Exchange
53 (30.00 %)VoIP
53 (30.00 %)SQL Server
62 (20.00 %)Visual Studio
62 (20.00 %)ASP
62 (20.00 %)ATL
62 (20.00 %)C
62 (20.00 %)C#
62 (20.00 %)C++
62 (20.00 %).NET
62 (20.00 %)MFC
62 (20.00 %)POP3
62 (20.00 %)SMTP
62 (20.00 %)FTP
62 (20.00 %)VPN
62 (20.00 %)Apple
62 (20.00 %)Sage
62 (20.00 %)Symantec
62 (20.00 %)Norton AntiVirus
62 (20.00 %)Blackberry
62 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
62 (20.00 %)WatchGuard
62 (20.00 %)NVQ Level 3

Firewall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Preston region citing Firewall also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Firewall. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Preston IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (20.00 %).NET
12 (20.00 %)MFC
12 (20.00 %)ASP
12 (20.00 %)ATL
Preston IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (40.00 %)MS Exchange
22 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
Preston IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (10.00 %)MS Excel
Preston IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (60.00 %)TCP/IP
24 (40.00 %)DNS
33 (30.00 %)VoIP
42 (20.00 %)POP3
42 (20.00 %)SMTP
42 (20.00 %)FTP
42 (20.00 %)VPN
42 (20.00 %)Wireless
51 (10.00 %)Intrusion Detection
51 (10.00 %)LAN
51 (10.00 %)SAN
51 (10.00 %)WAN
Preston IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (30.00 %)SQL Server
Preston IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (20.00 %)Visual Studio
Preston IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (20.00 %)Telecoms
Preston IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (50.00 %)Analyst
24 (40.00 %)Support Analyst
32 (20.00 %)2nd Line Support
32 (20.00 %)Administrator
32 (20.00 %)Technical Analyst
32 (20.00 %)Network Administrator
32 (20.00 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Project Manager
41 (10.00 %)IT Support Technician
41 (10.00 %)Infrastructure Manager
41 (10.00 %)Technical Manager
41 (10.00 %)Technical Support Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Technical Support
41 (10.00 %)Service Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
41 (10.00 %)Technical Project Manager
41 (10.00 %)Support Technician
Preston IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (20.00 %)Blackberry
Preston IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (80.00 %)Windows
24 (40.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
32 (20.00 %)Windows XP
Preston IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (20.00 %)Contact Management
12 (20.00 %)Document Management
21 (10.00 %)Project Management
21 (10.00 %)Business Continuity
21 (10.00 %)Data Management
Preston IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (20.00 %)C
12 (20.00 %)C#
12 (20.00 %)C++
Preston IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (20.00 %)NVQ Level 3
21 (10.00 %)MCP
21 (10.00 %)HND
21 (10.00 %)MCSE
21 (10.00 %)Microsoft Certification
Preston IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (60.00 %)Active Directory
Preston IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (20.00 %)Norton AntiVirus
Preston IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (60.00 %)Microsoft
25 (50.00 %)Avaya
32 (20.00 %)Apple
32 (20.00 %)Sage
32 (20.00 %)Symantec
32 (20.00 %)WatchGuard
41 (10.00 %)VMware
41 (10.00 %)CheckPoint
41 (10.00 %)Nokia
41 (10.00 %)HP
41 (10.00 %)Citrix
41 (10.00 %)Cisco
41 (10.00 %)IBM